Antigua pitch was a batting paradise, complains Sunil Narine – Cricket News Update
After seeing his team to victory in the first of the two-match Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869, the West Indian off-spinner, has expressed that the pitch was extremely flat, offering no assistance to the bowlers.
The 24-year-old cricketer, who was playing only his second Test, picked up eight wickets in the match, helping his team dismantle the Black Caps by nine wickets to take an unassailable lead in the series.
The pitch at Antigua was expected to deteriorate and help the spinners, especially in the last two days of the match. However, batsmen from both the teams enjoyed themselves throughout the five days, with both teams scoring more than 600 runs each in the
Test, making the bowlers’ job extremely difficult.
Narine was named as the Player of the Match for a superb effort in batting conditions. While expressing his views during the presentation ceremony, the cricketer from Trinidad & Tobago complained that the track was unjustly in favour of the batsmen and said
that he concentrated on bowling at the right line and length, which was the only way towards success, with the track not offering much turn.
With the second Test starting from August 2 at Jamaica, the mystery spinner hopes to recuperate before the match.
Narine expressed, "The wicket was a batting paradise, you just had to go out there and bowl in the right areas over and over and over. I think we have about three days, have a good recovery and repeat this in Jamaica."
The youngster bowled 85 overs in the match for his eight scalps, earning praise from his captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382, who admired Narine’s ‘never say die’ attitude. The all-rounder revealed that he was concerned about the spinner’s fitness because he is not used
to bowling long spells, but said that the wily bowler was keen to win the match for his side.
"Narine continues to bowl well for us, he had to bowl a lot of overs for us. keep asking Narine whether he is okay, and he always wants to bowl," the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 captain said.
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